27K views · 1.4K reactions | Countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo stars...

Philip Glass’s meditative masterpiece Akhnaten—a hit when it had its Met premiere in 2019—returns to our stage tonight, May 19, in a powerful production by Phelim McDermott. Karen Kamensek retakes the podium to conduct a spellbinding cast that features countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo and mezzo-soprano Rihab Chaieb, seen here in an excerpt of Akhnaten and Neferiti’s Act II love duet. On stage through June 10: bit.ly/3LWLp3Z Videography by Neville Braithwaite / Met Opera | The Metropolitan Oper

Philip Glass's groundbreaking opera Akhnaten has its Met premiere during the 2019–20 season in a stunning production by Phelim McDermott. Countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo is the title pharaoh, alongside J'Nai Bridges, Mezzo-Soprano, who makes her Met debut as his wife, Nefertiti. Learn More: bit.ly/2ShlEiz | The Metropolitan Opera

6.1K views · 254 reactions | The 2019–20 season is on sale now! The new season features five extraordinary new productions—including the Gershwins' Porgy and Bess, Philip Glass's Akhnaten, Berg's Wozzeck, Handel's Agrippina, and Wagner's Der Fliegende Holländer—as well as 20 classic revivals. And for the first time in Met history, 16 Sunday matinee performances. Buy tickets: bit.ly/2KwmYi5 | The Metropolitan Opera | Facebook